Report on UK Pavilion at Chinaplas 2014
| From 23rd to 26th May 2014 once again the BPF organised the British Pavilion at Chinaplas, which is the largest annual plastics exhibition in the world. The 28th edition took place in Shanghai as it rotates every two years between Shanghai and Guangzhou. |  |
| The show covered a net area of more than 120,000 sqm, an increase from the 2013 of 116,000 sqm in Guangzhou and about 110,000 sqm in 2012 in Shanghai. The 2014 edition attracted 130,370 visitors and featured over 3,000 exhibitors. There were 14 country pavilions from: Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United King-dom, United States. |  |
Chinaplas visitor number have been the highest ever and the event was a great success for all UK companies with busy days throughout the show. The breakdown of visitors per day is shown below…
British Pavilion
The British Pavilion was located in hall W1 and it was made up of 10 companies. Further more UK companies exhibited with their local agents and distributors. Most of the British companies were supported by the UK Trade & Investment grants of up to £3,000. 
The companies who exhibited as part of the British Pavilion were…
• Boston Munchy Ltd.
• British Plastics Federation
• Ceramicx Ltd.
• EPI Europe Ltd
• MSA Engineering Systems Ltd
• Meech
• Nextool (UK) Ltd.
• Rapidflame Ltd.
• The Aerogen Company Ltd.
• Zotefoams
British Plastics Federation with a support of UK Trade & Investment produced a 60 page Guide to UK exhibitors in English and Simplified Chinese which listed details all UK exhibitors plus all BPF Members (nearly 500 companies). This Guide was printed in 1,000 copies and handed out during the show to promote the UK excellence to the Chinese buyers and potential business partners.
To download the UK Guide to Chinaplas listing exhibitors and all BPF Members CLICH HERE
Throughout the exhibition, the BPF recorded the enquiries from the visitors who came to the BPF boots and collected business leads for its Member companies. 
These leads, as all from the events BPF takes part in, are available to Members in hope to increase their sales and to present the type of enquiries the BPF received.
During the four day exhibition BPF met with two major plastics bodies in China: China Plastics Processing Industry Association (CPPIA) and Shantou Plastic Chamber of Commerce (SPCC) to discuss possible cooperation in arranging meet the buyer events between members of the BPF and these organisations.
BPF MEETS WITH CHINA PLASTICS PROCESSING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CPPIA)
Despite the fact that the number of halls including the temporary halls has been the highest ever with 17 halls and 13 temporary halls compared to 2010 edition in Shanghai with 11 halls, the show was completely oversubscribed. There were more UK exhibitors interested in booking exhibition stands but they had to be turned away due to lack of space.
The next edition of CHINAPLAS is scheduled for May 20-23, 2015 in Guangzhou and no doubt will once again break all records in terms of numbers of both visitors and exhibitors. For more information on Chinaplas and UK Pavilion visit www.bpfevents.co.uk
UK Trade & Investment support to British exhibitors
UK Trade & Investment have recently increased the amount of funding available to UK firms wishing to exhibit at foreign trade shows. At Chinaplas nine British firms were able to access grants of upto £3,000 which entirely covered the cost of the stands.
UKT&I have also confirmed the funding allocation for upcoming shows with UK Pavilions at Plastimagen in Mexico City (18 - 21 November 2014), and at Plastindia in New Delhi (5-10 February 2015). For each fair UKT&I will be offering grants of up to £3,000 to participate.
Companies wanting to find out more should contact Justyna Elliott at the BPF [email protected] or call 0207 457 5001.
Please Note: The rules of grant allocation have been also changed to support more experienced exporters and companies can now apply for up to twelve grants since 1st April 2009.
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The companies who exhibited as part of the British Pavilion were…
• British Plastics Federation
• Ceramicx Ltd.
• EPI Europe Ltd
• MSA Engineering Systems Ltd
• Meech
• Nextool (UK) Ltd.
• Rapidflame Ltd.
• The Aerogen Company Ltd.
• Zotefoams
British Plastics Federation with a support of UK Trade & Investment produced a 60 page Guide to UK exhibitors in English and Simplified Chinese which listed details all UK exhibitors plus all BPF Members (nearly 500 companies). This Guide was printed in 1,000 copies and handed out during the show to promote the UK excellence to the Chinese buyers and potential business partners.
These leads, as all from the events BPF takes part in, are available to Members in hope to increase their sales and to present the type of enquiries the BPF received. During the four day exhibition BPF met with two major plastics bodies in China: China Plastics Processing Industry Association (CPPIA) and Shantou Plastic Chamber of Commerce (SPCC) to discuss possible cooperation in arranging meet the buyer events between members of the BPF and these organisations.
The next edition of CHINAPLAS is scheduled for May 20-23, 2015 in Guangzhou and no doubt will once again break all records in terms of numbers of both visitors and exhibitors. For more information on Chinaplas and UK Pavilion visit www.bpfevents.co.uk
UKT&I have also confirmed the funding allocation for upcoming shows with UK Pavilions at Plastimagen in Mexico City (18 - 21 November 2014), and at Plastindia in New Delhi (5-10 February 2015). For each fair UKT&I will be offering grants of up to £3,000 to participate.
Companies wanting to find out more should contact Justyna Elliott at the BPF [email protected] or call 0207 457 5001.
Please Note: The rules of grant allocation have been also changed to support more experienced exporters and companies can now apply for up to twelve grants since 1st April 2009.
